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Mr Wybrew said: “I welcome any and every measure, no matter how slight, to improve the situation. I hope the lights will have the effect that Transport Scotland has said they will. But I’ll reserve judgement until we see how many incidents there are of people running the red lights.

“We wanted average speed cameras and a bypass but hopefully these traffic lights will be a valuable protection.”

Vincent Tait, of Scotland TranServ, said: “We’ve been working with the community to reduce the speed profile, particularly of HGVs through the village, without significantly changing the profile of the A75.

“Two sets of lights will be installed, at the entry and exit to the village, linked to a speed-monitoring device embedded in the road.